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Qin Ke couldn't help suspecting that the Bodhisattva Sword that Gao Changgong gave him also had the same origin.

But judging from Gao Changgong's light smile and willingness to accept it, it seems that he is not very interested in these things.

The next ones to be rewarded are the soldiers who have made great contributions in this battle, the high-ranking ones include the commander of the imperial army Zhu Ran, Gao Changgong's younger brother Gao Yanzong and others.

Further down, Sun Qing has made outstanding military exploits and was registered as the fourth-rank general of Pinglu Zhonglang in one fell swoop. He can be called the leader of the younger generation and dominates.

"Now, they're going to brag again." The building kneeling beside Qin Ke said in a low voice.

Qin Ke curled his lips, knowing that the "they" mentioned by the building was nothing more than the group of noble children from the noble family, but he didn't have any special feelings about this matter.

After all, Sun Qing's bravery and calmness on the battlefield were truly astonishing, and his military rank was not low, so he was convinced to get the position of Zhonglang General.

Qin Ke rolled his eyes and said with a low laugh, "But why do I feel that you and Wang Zhu have a good relationship recently? Last time I saw you sitting together drinking?"

"I..." The building suffocated for a moment, then raised its eyebrows and said viciously: "It's just the battlefield, I... have a clear distinction between public and private."

As a result, the voice of reading the imperial edict interrupted what he wanted to say next.

After the Lei Jun veteran announced his title and official position, the building was also in ecstasy, and just smirked.

Qin Ke shook his head helplessly, thinking that this guy is really hopeless...

"Qin Ke!"

"Ah?" As his name was recited loudly, his whole body trembled, and he unconsciously asked this dissonant question, and hurriedly raised his head to look at the old Lei Jun soldier.

Obviously his behavior like this was very impolite, so the old soldier of Lei Jun gave him a cold look, and continued to read slowly: "Feng, the right doctor of the school office!"

Until the end of the award, Qin Ke still hadn't recovered.

He finally understood why Gao Changgong had to drag him into the reward team. It turned out that he really had his own share of the reward. He probably had communicated with Zhuge Wanling before and learned about this arrangement.

It's just that he still doesn't understand why Zhuge Wanling did this. He didn't plan to be an official in Jingwu, let alone join the army in Jingwu. Next, he has to find other artifacts. What's the use of this official position?

"Also, what is the position of the right doctor in the school affairs office?" Qin Ke lowered his head and muttered, even more puzzled why that official title attracted so many strange eyes.

But soon, this question was answered under Zhuge Wanling's summons.

"You Langzhong of the school affairs office, the official is from the fifth rank, even Sun Qing is only one level higher than you, and... directly under my jurisdiction, in this Jianye City, he has a detached status."

Zhuge Wanling still looked vulnerable, as if a gust of wind could blow him up to the roof at any time, but his words were still clear and steady, making people feel that listening to him was a kind of enjoyment.

Zhuge Wanling picked up the teapot and poured a cup for Qin Ke. Seeing his dumbfounded look, he pursed his lips and said with a smile, "You seem surprised? Or are you dissatisfied with this official position?"

Qin Ke sat on his knees, and it took a long time before he served tea tremblingly, as if what he served was not tea at all, but the heavy official position of the fifth grade.

Trembling and pouring down the whole cup of tea, he didn't taste the unusual bitterness in the tea, let alone realize that the tea was actually Zhuge Wanling's herbal tea...

"You...uh, you not only gave me an official position, but also such a high-ranking official. What do you want me to do? Xiaoqian made a great contribution, and you only appointed a sixth-rank staff officer. Abu was even worse, only seven The grade is the same as the building. As a result, my fifth grade became the one with the highest reward besides Sun Qing..."

Zhuge Wanling smiled softly, raised the teapot to refill his cup, and said softly: "Sun Qing's four grades, many of them have his ability and merit, but they are the ones of me and Sun Jian'an in the court. The strategy of the game. According to common sense, he is far from qualified to be a fourth-rank general. However, you don't have to worry, the school affairs office is different from the army, it doesn't value military merit, and I have always been the only one to act on my own. Therefore, your On the contrary, this fifth rank is more legitimate than his fourth rank."

Of course, Qin Ke didn't want this kind of explanation, or in other words, because of Zhuge Wanling's explanation, he felt even more like a villain who only relied on his backstage connections to get ahead.

But Zhuge Wanling didn't give him a chance to speak, and continued: "You have actually made some contributions by going out this time. I read the dossier Gao Changgong gave me, and it said that you not only helped Gongshu Yinxue to defend Jinzhou , and went out with Wang Xuanwei's army, divided the Tang army, and lured the main force of Xiang Chu's Tang army to the valley, not to mention, you also chased away Luanfeng, which is a great achievement, isn't it?"

Qin Ke didn't expect Gao Changgong to tell Zhuge Wanling everything, and stammered: "It's not my credit, it's just a coincidence..."

"It's a coincidence, but it's also destined." Zhuge Wanling looked into Qin Ke's eyes, as if his eyes were about to pierce him. After a pause, he tapped the table with two fingers, and said firmly: "Actually, those are not Important, what is important is that this position is specially given to you by me."

Chapter 653 In vain?

"Why?" Qin Ke really didn't understand. Zhuge Wanling should be very clear that he could not stay in Jingwu as an official, but he was so stubborn and even arbitrarily gave himself the position of "the right doctor of the school affairs government".

A person like him who thinks twice about every move and likes to control the overall situation should not do meaningless things.

"School Office, do you know what it does?" Zhuge Wanling asked.

Qin Ke thought for a while, and he seemed to have seen some in the file, but now it is very vague: "It seems to be... from the supervisory officials?"

"The School Office was originally created by Cao Meng. He had just established Canghai back then. Although the army was powerful, the foundation of the court was not solid. Those gentry who were recruited by him had their own calculations. People secretly plan to overthrow him and stand on their own.”

"That's why Cao Meng established a school office to monitor..." Zhuge Wanling paused, "...or in other words, he secretly monitored the officials and recorded their every move, so as to prevent them from rebelling. Wu established the school affairs office with roughly the same purpose as him."

After the initial surprise, Qin Ke gradually calmed down, and the experience of the past two years has been admonishing him to learn to hide some thoughts properly.

Qin Ke thought for a while, and said: "I guess, you don't want me to use the wind vision technique to eavesdrop on every move of the officials at home, so you must have other intentions?"

Zhuge Wanling said indifferently: "The actions of all officials are monitored by themselves, and you alone can't affect the overall situation. It's just that you probably don't know the other side of my Jingwu school office, which is to investigate the arrival of people from various countries. Every move of the court, when necessary, can be echoed and changed many things. You have been to the Tang Dynasty, so you should remember Jing Yu, right? In fact, he is one of the members of the school office, although his official rank is lower than yours Some, but in the Tang Kingdom, his status is equal to yours."

Of course, Qin Ke remembered Jing Yu, that thin, scholarly young man, who was his biggest help in Ding'an City at that time.

"I see. You want to give me a suitable name so that I can use Jing Wu's power outside." Qin Ke nodded.

"You can understand."

"Thank you." Qin Ke sat on his knees, seemed to feel that his words were a bit dry, and added softly, "I will repay you for this kind of love when I have a chance in the future."

As a result, he laughed as soon as he finished speaking.

In terms of power, Zhuge Wanling is one of the few people in the world, the whole country is his subjects, and there are top masters like Gao Changgong and Huang Hansheng escorting him, how can it be his turn to return a favor like a nobody?

It's just that if you don't say that, Qin Ke always feels a little sorry.

Zhuge Wanling had indeed helped him a lot, without his great strength as Prime Minister of Jing and Wu, I am afraid that his journey to find the artifact would be dozens of times more difficult.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about intelligence, if there were no spies who secretly loyal to Jing Wu, how could he know where the letter was?Not to mention that on that day, Jing Yu spent a lot of effort to send him into the palace.

But Zhuge Wanling suddenly fell silent after hearing these words, and the hand quietly holding the tea bowl also stopped moving, and there were inexplicable emotions flickering in the slightly lowered eyelids.

After the two were silent for a while, Zhuge Wanling put down the tea bowl, and looked at Qin Ke solemnly. Through those pure eyes, he seemed to see himself in the mirror.

Zhuge Wanling said indifferently: "Since I am Wolong's elder brother, I should plan more for you in everything, so you don't need to thank me."

……

As soon as Qin Ke walked out of the palace gate, A Bu and others who had been waiting outside for a long time immediately surrounded him, which shocked him who was bowing his head in meditation.

Looking at their overly hot eyes that almost burst out of flames, Qin Ke even suspected that the people who surrounded them were not people, but a group of excited beasts.

Then he felt his arm was grasped by the building, Zhang Mingqi also smiled at the side, and locked his other arm tightly, and Xiaoqian among them burst into shouts: "Quick, use your strength!" STRONG! Don't let this guy get away!"

Qin Ke was held up almost floating in the air, and asked dumbfoundedly, "What are you doing?"

"Nonsense, I saw a rare and exotic beast, so I can't catch it and watch it carefully." The building grinned, "You are so quiet, but in the end the official who was appointed is bigger than any of us. Say, you are How did you do it? We waited for you for more than an hour for this. What did the master tell you? Abu! Give him a few tough 'tricks'!"

The young people laughed and yelled, and even chanted. As the sound of "One! Two! Three!" kept ringing, Qin Ke was really hit on the floor one by one.

Laughter spread, and the palace became very lively. Although it was a bit impolite, the guards guarding the gate did not stop the scene, but couldn't help but smile.

After tossing and tossing for a while, Qin Ke was in a mess, but the thoughts in his heart just now were almost completely wiped out by those "dumps", and his mood suddenly became much better. Someone laughed and helped him up, hooked his shoulders and put his back on his back Walk out along the road outside the palace gate.

Along the way, the building let out a long sigh: "I knew before that you have such a relationship with Mr., but I didn't expect that the speed of promotion is as fast as eight horses. It's really scary, the right doctor of the school office! Fifth rank! Fifth rank! Except for that pervert Sun Qing, how many people can jump to rank five at such an age?"

"Why, are you jealous?" Xiao Qian teased.

"Jealous ass, sir, I have a big heart, why don't I call it a building? My heart is taller and thicker than the Jianye city tower!" The building slapped his chest loudly, and then wrapped his arms around the building. Qin Ke's shoulder, laughing, "But this is also a good thing. I saw Wang Zhu's appearance, and I had to show it off to us, but now they are all wilted, and they can't even see their shadows."

"That's right." Speaking of this, Xiaoqian also chuckled, the fat on his fat body jumping happily, "Sun Qing has won the fourth rank, but after all, he was also a military officer before, so He is more than one level higher than others, but now compared with Qin Ke, he is half a catty, what do you think there is anything to show off."

Qin Ke smiled helplessly, thinking that probably only he himself knew how far the gap between his school official Fu Youlangzhong and Sun Qing was.

He just took a title so that he could continue to work for Zhuge Wanling in the future.

He walked out of the palace with a lot of thoughts before, because when he took out the Five Elements Siman, Zhuge Wanling was not as excited as he thought, and he didn't give him any useful instructions.

"Sinan of the Five Elements, I will arrange for people to make good use of it. As for you...you'll have to wait and see." Zhuge Wanling said.

"What?" Qin Ke was naturally very dissatisfied, a burst of anxiety welled up in his heart, and he said urgently: "It took me almost two years to get this thing back and put it in front of you, why don't you hurry up and use it to search for other artifacts If this drags on, two years later and two years later, when will I find Master? You said just now that you are his only elder brother!"

Zhuge Wanling straightened his back, but his face still maintained an unshakable calm: "I know you are very anxious now, but this matter cannot be rushed, it needs to be done bit by bit."

Having said that, he spread out a dossier that he had already prepared, pointed and said, "Maybe if you read it, you will understand why I said that."

"I knew where these artifacts were from the very beginning, but those places...are too inaccessible." Zhuge Wanling said.

"The Canghai Palace...and the Mohist Trick City?" Of course, Qin Ke did not expect that Zhuge Wanling had been hiding this information from him.

"That's right. A few years ago, I sent people to secretly investigate the location of these artifacts. The establishment of the school affairs office itself also had this consideration. If not, how would I know the whereabouts of Wuxing Sinan, let alone take risks Instruct Tang Guo's hidden stake to help you steal the pointer of Wuxing Sinan."

Zhuge Wanling stretched out his hand, and lightly stroked the "spoon" that had been closed with the compass: "The Biluotianqiong in Chang Gong's hand is also one of the divine artifacts, plus the half-handled Pojun enshrined in the Taimiao, several divine artifacts The existence is basically confirmed. But whether it is Canghai or Mohism, I haven't been able to find any news about Wolong, so at least I can be sure that he is not looking for those two pieces."

"Then..." Qin Ke's face was a little pale, and he looked shaky, "I spent two years looking for this Wuxing Sinan, isn't it useless now? Since you have already determined the location of other artifacts, why? You want me to find this Five Elements Sinan first? My master...in fact, he never showed up at all, right..."

Chapter 654 Asking Three Questions

Now the Five Elements Sinan is indeed in his hands, but in fact, the purpose of his journey to the north through hardships and obstacles is not for the Five Elements Sinan - he has always wanted to collect some information about the master from the traces of the search for the artifact.

However, Zhuge Wanling told him that the location of the artifact was basically confirmed, and even he sent people to spy on it... and he didn't get any news from Zhuge Wolong.

"So you knew about it from the very beginning, didn't you?" Qin Ke raised his eyes and stood up uncontrollably, with a low voice suppressed in his throat, "You obviously know that I probably did the same thing when I went to Wuxing Sinan this time. Useless, but deliberately concealing this matter, playing around with me as a fool...It's fun, isn't it?"

"You know this matter is very important to me." Qin Ke's voice suddenly rose, resounding through the empty hall, "You clearly know..."

But Zhuge Wanling kept his expression blank, lowered his eyebrows and waited until Qin Ke vented for a while before slowly saying: "Of course I know this matter is very important, but if I tell you, with your temperament, I'm afraid you won't say no." Let Xiang leave? If that's the case, the Five Elements Sinan will not be placed on this table today."

"So?" Qin Ke gritted his teeth, "What's the difference between now and then?"

"Of course there is a difference." Zhuge Wanling's voice was cold, "Although I have heard about most of the artifacts, there is always one thing that I can't touch. It is really possible for me to find the location of the last artifact."

"What is it?" Qin Ke clenched his fists involuntarily, and a little hope appeared in his eyes, "I know that the Five Elements Sinan, Pojun, Biluotianqiong, and Shenlong Nilin are all divine weapons. What is the artifact that you can't find besides the artifact?"

"Yellow Spring."

"Huangquan?" Hearing the name, Qin Ke always felt something ominous, "What kind of artifact is that?"

"do not know."

"Function?"

"do not know."

"Like?"

"do not know."

"You know its name is Huangquan? Nothing else?" Qin Ke's eyes widened.

Zhuge Wanling stood up slowly, took Qin Ke closer to the bookshelf beside him, flipped through it with his fingers gently, and found a volume wrapped in silk.

"The matter of the artifact is illusory, and after so many years, there are very few clues left. Even the name of this artifact, I spent several years and assigned nearly 200 people to investigate before and after. A few broken steles were found in the Far West, and some sporadic records were obtained."

"The land of the far west...there..." Qin Ke took the file and glanced at it, and found that the inscription on the rubbing was exactly that kind of difficult and obscure text. swamp?"

"Thousands of years back, it's not a swamp there, it's just that people have changed, wars are raging, and after the vicissitudes of life, many places have changed beyond recognition. It is said that there used to be a powerful foreign country there, and every year it would come to the holy pilgrimage. Huangquan ...Probably went there during that period." Zhuge Wanling sighed a little.

Qin Ke no longer cared much about those past events, his eyes lightened slightly and said: "I see, when will I leave? Now that I have Wuxing Sinan, it will be easy to find Huangquan, right? I heard that as long as you have the spirit The Great Practitioner of the Five Elements Department can feel its guidance when he activates the Five Elements Division, maybe... my master also got the news and went there..."

Zhuge Wanling looked at Qin Ke's eager eyes, but shook his head slightly: "No hurry."

As he spoke, he looked at the Five Elements Sinan placed on the table, slowly stroked the rough texture, closed his eyes for a moment, then picked it up and handed it back.

In the empty hall, at some point, a black shadow appeared. Qin Ke was startled, and subconsciously wanted to touch the Bodhisattva Sword, but found that this shadow just walked respectfully behind Zhuge Wanling step by step, He took over the seemingly insignificant but extremely heavy Five Elements Sinan.

"Don't worry, this is someone from the school office. Speaking of which, he is still your colleague." Zhuge Wanling looked at Qin Ke with a playful smile.

Colleagues...

Qin Ke always felt a little weird about this kind of address, but his attention was quickly shifted to the restrained aura of the man in black, and he was also slightly admiring in his heart.

He hadn't activated the wind vision before, so he didn't notice the existence of other people in the hall. Now, even in terms of Qi and blood cultivation, he has firmly stepped into the realm of the little master. Noticing the strangeness, it seems that this person's skill is really extraordinary.

However, this "colleague" didn't seem to be very interested. He just lowered his head slightly, and immediately retreated into the darkness, disappearing without a trace.

"The situation in the Far West has not yet been ascertained. It is too dangerous for you to go now. Instead of doing this, it is better to wait for some time, as long as three months, and as short as January. My spies in the Far West will Pass the news back to Jianye, and then make a decision." Zhuge Wanling explained to Qin Ke.

"Well... that's fine." Listening to Zhuge Wanling's arrangement, Qin Ke nodded reluctantly, and then asked, "Then what am I doing these days? Do I just wait?"

"If you want, you can continue to study in the Imperial Academy." Zhuge Wanling said: "The school office...you can also go to get familiar with it. If you want to travel outside in the future, they will be a good help for you. But there are still Another thing is more important."

"What is it?" Qin Ke tilted his head, and when the answer was revealed, he was even more taken aback.

There was a faint smile on the corner of Zhuge Wanling's mouth, and his words were even more amiable: "You have turned 20 this year, right? Now that you have grown up, it's time to perform the crowning ceremony, right?"

Qin Ke has absolutely no idea about crown ceremony.

After all, Daoxiang Village where he lives is located in a remote place, and the people are far less affluent than those in the south of the Yangtze River. Every time it seemed rushed and sloppy.

But he soon realized that this was Jianye City.

Jianye City is a city of gentry, the style of writing is as prosperous as Jicheng, and the youngsters are crowned at twenty, which is almost everyone's consensus, so don't neglect it.

Qin Ke, who was walking on the road, was thinking about this matter, and suddenly asked everyone: "Speaking of which, are you going to be crowned this year?"